Introduction to R for Statistical Analysis

Do you want to learn about R but don’t know where to start? This workshop is for you! R is a popular free software program used for quantitative analysis in both the humanities and sciences. Many state-of-the-art models and various graphs are available in R. This introductory level R workshop discusses the R & RStudio environment, basic data preparation and management, descriptive statistics, and common statistical analysis (T-test, ANOVA, correlation, etc).

This workshop is designed for beginners who have no or little experience in R and with opportunities for hands-on experience with sample data. Join us for this workshop and start your data analysis with R!

Pre-workshop setup

Please bring a laptop with the R and RStudio installed before the workshop.

1. Download and install R:

   • Visit R-project to learn about R versions.

   • Download and install R from your preferred CRAN Mirror here.

2. Download and install RStudio:

   • Visit the RStudio web page to choose the RStudio version you want to download and install.

3. Download the data for this workshop and save it in a folder of your preference

   • Data is available here. You have to extract the csv files from data.rar

   • CarbonDioxideEmission.csv - contains data about the emission of carbon dioxide

   • GlobalLandTemperaturesByCountry.csv - contains data about earth average temperature on a certain date

4. Add a small description about yourself in this document

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